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This resolution and a similar one under item 6 grant the city's support to the Circuit of the Americas as it seeks additional state incentives for hosting the MotoGP race and the Summer X Games. The incentives would come from the state’s Major Events Reimbursement Fund, which arranges to pay organizers of large events a portion of sales, hotel, car rental and alcohol tax revenue generated by out-of-state spectators. It is unclear how much money the track would be able to receive.

This amendment to the city's contract with the police union provides more overtime pay for police to provide security during South By Southwest; it also eliminates the required overtime shifts during the festival and allows the city to bring in officers from neighboring communities to fill overtime shifts.